Holly Bond
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I said, oh, I don't want to sell the company. It's my baby. She cut me off and she said, this is not a baby. This is a calf that you fatten and you slaughter it. And then it allows you to go off and do something else. But do not look at your business like it's your baby. And that was like, she slapped me across the face. It was a really great learning exercise for me.
And I said, oh, I don't want to sell the company. It's my baby. She cut me off and she said, this is not a baby. This is a calf that you fatten and you slaughter it. And then it allows you to go off and do something else. But do not look at your business like it's your baby. And that was like, she slapped me across the face. It was a really great learning exercise for me.
Now, some people will say, you wish you didn't say that.
Now, some people will say, you wish you didn't say that.
were franchising when you didn't have a manual you didn't have a lawyer you didn't have you had you didn't even have an application form for a franchise nothing you had nothing it probably was i wouldn't have changed it i would do the same thing again but i wouldn't counsel people to do it i would say get your stuff in order and then do it but because I was pushed into it. I was forced to.
were franchising when you didn't have a manual you didn't have a lawyer you didn't have you had you didn't even have an application form for a franchise nothing you had nothing it probably was i wouldn't have changed it i would do the same thing again but i wouldn't counsel people to do it i would say get your stuff in order and then do it but because I was pushed into it. I was forced to.
I don't know if I would have done that. Maybe I would have talked myself out of it or let someone else talk me out of it. But sometimes you have to be on the edge of the diving board and you need to jump and take that risk and do that, have that scary change, right? And so you fail, but at least you've tried it.
I don't know if I would have done that. Maybe I would have talked myself out of it or let someone else talk me out of it. But sometimes you have to be on the edge of the diving board and you need to jump and take that risk and do that, have that scary change, right? And so you fail, but at least you've tried it.
And you're not looking back when you're 85 years old and saying, what if I had franchised that? Because I see another company that did it. I could have done that. I don't want to be, and I think that's what drives me. I don't want to be, I could have done that. Then do it. Apply for that job that you're not, you don't have the, all the qualifications. Apply for it anyway.
And you're not looking back when you're 85 years old and saying, what if I had franchised that? Because I see another company that did it. I could have done that. I don't want to be, and I think that's what drives me. I don't want to be, I could have done that. Then do it. Apply for that job that you're not, you don't have the, all the qualifications. Apply for it anyway.
What harm could it, you will meet that recruiter that will look at what you've done. If they're really good at what they do, they will look and they will see how you are aligned and they will reach down and grab your hand and pull you out. It just follows me through everything I do.
What harm could it, you will meet that recruiter that will look at what you've done. If they're really good at what they do, they will look and they will see how you are aligned and they will reach down and grab your hand and pull you out. It just follows me through everything I do.